Ocean of Words

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"Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award" The place is the chilly border between Russia and China. The time is the early 1970s when the two giants were poised on the brink of war. And the characters in this thrilling collection of stories are Chinese soldiers who must constantly scrutinize the enemy even as they themselves are watched for signs of the fatal disease of bourgeois liber...

"Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award" The place is the chilly border between Russia and China. The time is the early 1970s when the two giants were poised on the brink of war. And the characters in this thrilling collection of stories are Chinese soldiers who must constantly scrutinize the enemy even as they themselves are watched for signs of the fatal disease of bourgeois liberalism. In Ocean of Words, the Chinese writer Ha Jin explores the predicament of these simple, barely literate men with breathtaking concision and humanity. From amorous telegraphers to a pugnacious militiaman, from an inscrutable Russian prisoner to an effeminate but enthusiastic recruit, Ha Jin's characters possess a depth and liveliness that suggest Isaac Babel's Cossacks and Tim O'Brien's GIs. Ocean of Words is a triumphant volume, poignant, hilarious, and harrowing. "A compelling collection of stories, powerful in their unity of theme and rich in their diversity of styles."--New York Times Book Review "Extraordinary... These stories are shot through with wit and offer glimpses of human motivation that defy retelling...Read them all."--Boston Globe "An exceptional new talent, capable of wringing rich surprises out of austere materials."--Portland Oregonian

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Ocean of words
ĺ“ˆé‡‘
Start
2015-09-11 18:15:23
Wait for my triumphant return;
2015-09-11 18:20:24
We are all super marksmen.
2015-09-11 18:21:03
If we have no clothes and food
The enemy sends them to us.
If we have no weapons
The enemy makes them for us
2015-09-11 18:31:32
It was crisply cold
2015-09-11 22:12:43
I walked to the window to look out at the moonlit night
2015-09-12 09:3...

2015-09-30 12:37

Ocean of words

哈金

Start

2015-09-11 18:15:23

Wait for my triumphant return;

2015-09-11 18:20:24

We are all super marksmen.

2015-09-11 18:21:03

If we have no clothes and food

The enemy sends them to us.

If we have no weapons

The enemy makes them for us

2015-09-11 18:31:32

It was crisply cold

2015-09-11 22:12:43

I walked to the window to look out at the moonlit night

2015-09-12 09:38:38

Korean women' are crazy about spunky men."

2015-09-12 09:45:40

scrambled eggs with mushrooms

2015-09-12 09:47:59

drank up the liquor in one gulp

2015-09-12 22:36:01

Leader Han's laughter rose and fell, echoing in the cold night.

2015-09-12 22:52:46

Sorry, don't take it to heart...."

2015-09-13 07:52:43

"I was teasing you...." The voice spoke

2015-09-13 07:54:09

home village. Everyone worked like a beast of burden

2015-09-13 22:18:52

In real life, she must have been a "small hot pepper."

2015-09-13 22:28:10

like him, who was so dull, so homely, and so rustic

2015-09-13 22:28:17

he was

the toad that

2015-09-13 22:28:22

dreamed of eating a swan

2015-09-14 08:06:56

Leniency to those who con-fess, severity to those who refuse

2015-09-14 08:10:28

a "broken shoe" which was worn by everyone, a bitch that raised her tail to any male dog,

2015-09-14 08:10:54

White Bone Demon living

2015-09-14 08:11:01

on innocent blood

2015-09-14 08:12:27

two grasshoppers tied together by one thread

2015-09-14 22:57:23

Don't be so polite, Commander Lin,

2015-09-18 08:23:42

Diao had

2015-09-18 08:23:46

little capacity for liquor

2015-09-18 23:24:33

Tomorrow we'll sum up our experiences and see if we can make it quicker

2015-09-19 13:57:27

A young widow even sneaked into the brick bed shared by three soldiers

soldiers in the First Battery.

2015-09-19 13:59:00

stood with arms akimbo

2015-09-19 14:05:42

black dog was dashing ahead of him.

2015-09-19 17:29:58

we lived in our own barracks

2015-09-19 23:03:45

cub

2015-09-19 23:09:16

"Anything I can do for you, please let me know, all right

2015-09-20 23:35:35

firecracker

2015-09-20 23:51:43

Seven years have elapsed since I left the army

2015-09-21 08:04:06

without doubt it would be better to talk it out than fight it out.

2015-09-22 08:11:48

In any case, he didn't eat like a man

2015-09-22 19:02:42

In Tee's words, "it was like having a donkey's penis in his mouth

2015-09-22 19:24:11

Glasses dry

2015-09-23 12:30:57

Recently he was tickled by an idea

2015-09-23 12:32:24

Though lukewarm about the idea, Pei agreed to have

Old Liu over

2015-09-23 12:42:23

Oh, everybody began trembling with cold and fear

2015-09-23 12:43:13

Then came a hailstorm

2015-09-23 12:43:56

That

was a spooky mountain

2015-09-23 12:48:57

must have calluses in your ears

2015-09-24 22:58:33

mangy

2015-09-25 17:16:10

He used to have a long beard

2015-09-25 22:17:19

In the afternoon, after two hours' nap, we played games

2015-09-25 22:25:08

he was spoiled

2015-09-26 15:08:55

Shi picked up a maotai, Ma a five grains' sap, and I a green bamboo leaves.

2015-09-26 22:35:17

We asked him how in the world the whole thing had happened

2015-09-27 14:29:36

who's the killjoy

2015-09-27 14:30:52

Mom will bring a bowl of millet porridge, hot and delicious

2015-09-27 14:31:38

A thin curtain of fog surrounded the oak woods and spread above the fields

2015-09-27 14:38:08

He looked brain-damaged.

2015-09-27 14:45:15

Lev was eating scallion cake, scrambled eggs, and bean sprouts.

2015-09-27 16:16:48

Are you sure he is my fellow townsman?

2015-09-27 16:17:41

Although he wore civvies, I recognized him at first sight

2015-09-27 21:55:58

big-character posters

2015-09-27 21:58:14

I gave Chu a Glory cigarette, which he lit and

2015-09-27 21:58:17

drew at as if sucking his mother's breast. The child woke up

2015-09-27 22:31:30

garrisoned

2015-09-28 08:23:27

self-criticism, examining the elements of bourgeois ideology in his brain and

Ocean of words
ĺ“ˆé‡‘
Start
2015-09-11 18:15:23
Wait for my triumphant return;
2015-09-11 18:20:24
We are all super marksmen.
2015-09-11 18:21:03
If we have no clothes and food
The enemy sends them to us.
If we have no weapons
The enemy makes them for us
2015-09-11 18:31:32
It was crisply cold
2015-09-11 22:12:43
I walked to the window to look out at the moonlit night
2015-09-12 09:3...

2015-09-30 12:37

Ocean of words

哈金

Start

2015-09-11 18:15:23

Wait for my triumphant return;

2015-09-11 18:20:24

We are all super marksmen.

2015-09-11 18:21:03

If we have no clothes and food

The enemy sends them to us.

If we have no weapons

The enemy makes them for us

2015-09-11 18:31:32

It was crisply cold

2015-09-11 22:12:43

I walked to the window to look out at the moonlit night

2015-09-12 09:38:38

Korean women' are crazy about spunky men."

2015-09-12 09:45:40

scrambled eggs with mushrooms

2015-09-12 09:47:59

drank up the liquor in one gulp

2015-09-12 22:36:01

Leader Han's laughter rose and fell, echoing in the cold night.

2015-09-12 22:52:46

Sorry, don't take it to heart...."

2015-09-13 07:52:43

"I was teasing you...." The voice spoke

2015-09-13 07:54:09

home village. Everyone worked like a beast of burden

2015-09-13 22:18:52

In real life, she must have been a "small hot pepper."

2015-09-13 22:28:10

like him, who was so dull, so homely, and so rustic

2015-09-13 22:28:17

he was

the toad that

2015-09-13 22:28:22

dreamed of eating a swan

2015-09-14 08:06:56

Leniency to those who con-fess, severity to those who refuse

2015-09-14 08:10:28

a "broken shoe" which was worn by everyone, a bitch that raised her tail to any male dog,

2015-09-14 08:10:54

White Bone Demon living

2015-09-14 08:11:01

on innocent blood

2015-09-14 08:12:27

two grasshoppers tied together by one thread

2015-09-14 22:57:23

Don't be so polite, Commander Lin,

2015-09-18 08:23:42

Diao had

2015-09-18 08:23:46

little capacity for liquor

2015-09-18 23:24:33

Tomorrow we'll sum up our experiences and see if we can make it quicker

2015-09-19 13:57:27

A young widow even sneaked into the brick bed shared by three soldiers

soldiers in the First Battery.

2015-09-19 13:59:00

stood with arms akimbo

2015-09-19 14:05:42

black dog was dashing ahead of him.

2015-09-19 17:29:58

we lived in our own barracks

2015-09-19 23:03:45

cub

2015-09-19 23:09:16

"Anything I can do for you, please let me know, all right

2015-09-20 23:35:35

firecracker

2015-09-20 23:51:43

Seven years have elapsed since I left the army

2015-09-21 08:04:06

without doubt it would be better to talk it out than fight it out.

2015-09-22 08:11:48

In any case, he didn't eat like a man

2015-09-22 19:02:42

In Tee's words, "it was like having a donkey's penis in his mouth

2015-09-22 19:24:11

Glasses dry

2015-09-23 12:30:57

Recently he was tickled by an idea

2015-09-23 12:32:24

Though lukewarm about the idea, Pei agreed to have

Old Liu over

2015-09-23 12:42:23

Oh, everybody began trembling with cold and fear

2015-09-23 12:43:13

Then came a hailstorm

2015-09-23 12:43:56

That

was a spooky mountain

2015-09-23 12:48:57

must have calluses in your ears

2015-09-24 22:58:33

mangy

2015-09-25 17:16:10

He used to have a long beard

2015-09-25 22:17:19

In the afternoon, after two hours' nap, we played games

2015-09-25 22:25:08

he was spoiled

2015-09-26 15:08:55

Shi picked up a maotai, Ma a five grains' sap, and I a green bamboo leaves.

2015-09-26 22:35:17

We asked him how in the world the whole thing had happened

2015-09-27 14:29:36

who's the killjoy

2015-09-27 14:30:52

Mom will bring a bowl of millet porridge, hot and delicious

2015-09-27 14:31:38

A thin curtain of fog surrounded the oak woods and spread above the fields

2015-09-27 14:38:08

He looked brain-damaged.

2015-09-27 14:45:15

Lev was eating scallion cake, scrambled eggs, and bean sprouts.

2015-09-27 16:16:48

Are you sure he is my fellow townsman?

2015-09-27 16:17:41

Although he wore civvies, I recognized him at first sight

2015-09-27 21:55:58

big-character posters

2015-09-27 21:58:14

I gave Chu a Glory cigarette, which he lit and

2015-09-27 21:58:17

drew at as if sucking his mother's breast. The child woke up

2015-09-27 22:31:30

garrisoned

2015-09-28 08:23:27

self-criticism, examining the elements of bourgeois ideology in his brain and

Ocean of words
ĺ“ˆé‡‘
Start
2015-09-11 18:15:23
Wait for my triumphant return;
2015-09-11 18:20:24
We are all super marksmen.
2015-09-11 18:21:03
If we have no clothes and food
The enemy sends them to us.
If we have no weapons
The enemy makes them for us
2015-09-11 18:31:32
It was crisply cold
2015-09-11 22:12:43
I walked to the window to look out at the moonlit night
2015-09-12 09:3...

2015-09-30 12:37

Ocean of words

哈金

Start

2015-09-11 18:15:23

Wait for my triumphant return;

2015-09-11 18:20:24

We are all super marksmen.

2015-09-11 18:21:03

If we have no clothes and food

The enemy sends them to us.

If we have no weapons

The enemy makes them for us

2015-09-11 18:31:32

It was crisply cold

2015-09-11 22:12:43

I walked to the window to look out at the moonlit night

2015-09-12 09:38:38

Korean women' are crazy about spunky men."

2015-09-12 09:45:40

scrambled eggs with mushrooms

2015-09-12 09:47:59

drank up the liquor in one gulp

2015-09-12 22:36:01

Leader Han's laughter rose and fell, echoing in the cold night.

2015-09-12 22:52:46

Sorry, don't take it to heart...."

2015-09-13 07:52:43

"I was teasing you...." The voice spoke

2015-09-13 07:54:09

home village. Everyone worked like a beast of burden

2015-09-13 22:18:52

In real life, she must have been a "small hot pepper."

2015-09-13 22:28:10

like him, who was so dull, so homely, and so rustic

2015-09-13 22:28:17

he was

the toad that

2015-09-13 22:28:22

dreamed of eating a swan

2015-09-14 08:06:56

Leniency to those who con-fess, severity to those who refuse

2015-09-14 08:10:28

a "broken shoe" which was worn by everyone, a bitch that raised her tail to any male dog,

2015-09-14 08:10:54

White Bone Demon living

2015-09-14 08:11:01

on innocent blood

2015-09-14 08:12:27

two grasshoppers tied together by one thread

2015-09-14 22:57:23

Don't be so polite, Commander Lin,

2015-09-18 08:23:42

Diao had

2015-09-18 08:23:46

little capacity for liquor

2015-09-18 23:24:33

Tomorrow we'll sum up our experiences and see if we can make it quicker

2015-09-19 13:57:27

A young widow even sneaked into the brick bed shared by three soldiers

soldiers in the First Battery.

2015-09-19 13:59:00

stood with arms akimbo

2015-09-19 14:05:42

black dog was dashing ahead of him.

2015-09-19 17:29:58

we lived in our own barracks

2015-09-19 23:03:45

cub

2015-09-19 23:09:16

"Anything I can do for you, please let me know, all right

2015-09-20 23:35:35

firecracker

2015-09-20 23:51:43

Seven years have elapsed since I left the army

2015-09-21 08:04:06

without doubt it would be better to talk it out than fight it out.

2015-09-22 08:11:48

In any case, he didn't eat like a man

2015-09-22 19:02:42

In Tee's words, "it was like having a donkey's penis in his mouth

2015-09-22 19:24:11

Glasses dry

2015-09-23 12:30:57

Recently he was tickled by an idea

2015-09-23 12:32:24

Though lukewarm about the idea, Pei agreed to have

Old Liu over

2015-09-23 12:42:23

Oh, everybody began trembling with cold and fear

2015-09-23 12:43:13

Then came a hailstorm

2015-09-23 12:43:56

That

was a spooky mountain

2015-09-23 12:48:57

must have calluses in your ears

2015-09-24 22:58:33

mangy

2015-09-25 17:16:10

He used to have a long beard

2015-09-25 22:17:19

In the afternoon, after two hours' nap, we played games

2015-09-25 22:25:08

he was spoiled

2015-09-26 15:08:55

Shi picked up a maotai, Ma a five grains' sap, and I a green bamboo leaves.

2015-09-26 22:35:17

We asked him how in the world the whole thing had happened

2015-09-27 14:29:36

who's the killjoy

2015-09-27 14:30:52

Mom will bring a bowl of millet porridge, hot and delicious

2015-09-27 14:31:38

A thin curtain of fog surrounded the oak woods and spread above the fields

2015-09-27 14:38:08

He looked brain-damaged.

2015-09-27 14:45:15

Lev was eating scallion cake, scrambled eggs, and bean sprouts.

2015-09-27 16:16:48

Are you sure he is my fellow townsman?

2015-09-27 16:17:41

Although he wore civvies, I recognized him at first sight

2015-09-27 21:55:58

big-character posters

2015-09-27 21:58:14

I gave Chu a Glory cigarette, which he lit and

2015-09-27 21:58:17

drew at as if sucking his mother's breast. The child woke up

2015-09-27 22:31:30

garrisoned

2015-09-28 08:23:27

self-criticism, examining the elements of bourgeois ideology in his brain and